leseriana

meet the authors whose writing made me

Virginia Woolf

1882-1941

I read pretty much all of Virginia Woolf’s novels and essays, yet she feels fresh and intimidating with every re-read. I can probably spend the rest of my life reading her and this is why I love her.

Katherine Mansfield

1888-1923

Katherine Mansfield must be the most famously lesser known writer of short stories. They say it’s because she wrote exclusively short stories. Maybe, but people just need to read more Mansfield.

Sylvia Townsend Warner is a literary chameleon. Among others, she tackled in fantasy, historical fiction and fairy tales. I still have a long journey ahead of me in reading her and I’m happy about it.

Mircea Cărtărescu

b. 1956

If there was a synonym for Mircea Cărtărescu that would be “dream”. His works are drenched in dreaming, violently and monstruously and his writing has a power of attraction like none other.

Kazuo Ishiguro

b. 1954

I don’t mean to brag, but I was reading Kazuo Ishiguro long before he was awarded the Nobel. What I love about his books is that they continously circle the theme of memory, how we handle it and how we are made by it.

Leo Tolstoy

1828-1910

Leo Tolstoy must be the source of all modern literature, be it modernist, realist, psychological, what have you. His novels are my definition of comfort reading, for when I just want to immerse myself in fiction.